Rocks and Minerals Quiz Review

The way in which a mineral reflects light from its surface is its...

• luster

• cleavage

• streak

The breaking of minerals along smooth, flat surfaces is called...

• cleavage

• luster

• streak

Rocks can be changed into sediments by (a)   and ​ (b)   .

*THE WORDS SHOULD BE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER TO GET THE ANSWER RIGHT!​ ​

• weathering
• erosion
• extrusive
• intrusive

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​ (a)   rocks form from lava cooling quickly on the surface of the Earth.

• Extrusive
• Intrusive
• Igneous
• Metapmorphic

Existing rocks changed into different rocks by heat and pressure are ​ (a)   rocks.

• metamorphic
• igneous
• intrusive
• extrusive

(a)   is the color of the powder scraped off a rock.​

• Streak
• Luster
• Cleavage
• Erosion
• Weathering

(a)   rocks form from the cooling and hardening of molten magma.

• Igneous
• Metamorphic

What kind of rocks form when magma pushes into surrounding rock below the Earth's surface?

• intrusive

• extrusive

• metamorphic

• igneous

Rocks are classified as igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary according to...

• their color streak

• their hardness

• the way they formed

• their density

What is a mineral?

• a naturally occurring inorganic substance

• the study of crystal structure and composition of a mineral

• molten or magma rocks that cool quickly underground

• rocks that are changed overtime through heat and pressure

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